Chapter 349

It actually disappeared?

The next instant——

The similarly hidden Jiu Li has already grown huge!

Shen Qingli has vomited blood; obviously she can't hide anymore.

Jiu Ying, Xiao Bai, and Yu Jia are also on utmost alert!

However, the surroundings are deathly quiet, with no unidentified beings flashing in.

It seems as if the dark-gold pupils they just saw were an illusion.

But even so, no beast dares to let down its guard; they all fear the opponent might suddenly appear and deal Shen Qingli a fatal blow.

Shen Qingli, however, said with a complex tone, 'It's fine; he's not here anymore.'

'What?' Jiu Li didn't understand, 'You weren't just made to vomit blood by him a moment ago?'

Shen Qingli nodded, then shook her head, leaving Jiu Li even more bewildered: 'What's going on?'

'Saying it out loud, I myself find it hard to believe.' Shen Qingli hesitated, 'The person just now seemed to have an aura flowing from the same source as mine. It's strange; it feels like... the other party might be my relative?'

As for that strand of lethal aura locking onto her…

She figured it out: it's not coming from this person, but from behind him, deeper inside.

Moreover, although this aura feels terrifying, it seems not to be hostile toward her?

'Your relative made you vomit blood?' Jiu Li pondered, 'The more I hear, the more absurd it sounds.'

'It's not because of him; I used my bloodline to suppress the love curse, but the bloodline fluctuated, the curse surged, almost breaking the suppression, which made me vomit blood.' Shen Qingli said while adjusting her breath to suppress the curse, 'After leaving, I still need to detox quickly; it's prone to erupt.'

'Mm-hmm!' Jiu Li nodded repeatedly, 'So it's fine? Then I've shrunk?'

'It's fine.' Shen Qingli was certain, but she didn't understand, 'Yu Jia, could it be that someone from the Huaxu clan is still alive? This person, the one who's been killing the Three Pure Ones and the Xuan Nu?'

According to Ji Zhongwen's account, indeed someone has been assassinating their heavenly god clan all along, but she was previously healing her wounds and had no time to kill. So, is there really a third person? An ancient elder from the Huaxu clan?

'By rights, it's not very likely,' Yu Jia said, not entirely sure either, 'But your perception shouldn't be wrong, and looking at my experience, maybe there really is an old monster?'

Upon hearing this, Jiu Li instantly shrank, leapt into Shen Qingli's embrace, and asked in a childish voice, 'Then let's chase after them, recognize the ancestor—maybe they'll give us treasures? That way we won't have to painstakingly explore; we'd have a ready-made living map.'

'Makes sense!' Jiu Ying felt it was reliable!

'I'll go scout first; I know spatial arts, I can run.' Xiao Bai volunteered.

'Let's go together; if there really is an ancestor, they might not know you, so I'll have to come too.' Shen Qingli followed her sense and had already started walking forward.

At that moment.

Ji Zhongwen had already been awakened by the heat.

Wei San Niang's stuff is really disreputable.

Upon waking, he discovered he had been drugged with something, and he was completely dazed.

Moreover, his two clan nieces had already come over, calling, 'Little Uncle!'

'Don't come closer.' Ji Zhongwen hoarsely stopped the juniors from approaching.

'How are you?' Both girls were very worried.

'It's fine.' Ji Zhongwen swiftly circulated his bloodline power, forcing the disreputable medicinal potency out of his body.

Yet, despite his wisdom and intelligence, he just couldn't figure out why Shen Qingli would feed him such a drug.

'Little Uncle, are you still okay?' the clan niece asked again, worried.

Ji Zhongwen could only collect his complicated thoughts, yet he was still somewhat absent-minded, 'Nothing.'

'May we juniors come over?' the two asked again cautiously and respectfully.

Ji Zhongwen didn't stop them again, but when the two approached, they both froze!

One of the nieces exclaimed in astonishment, 'What did that female hooligan Shen Qingli do to you?'

'I'm going to kill her!' the other niece drew her sword and set off.

'Hold on.' Ji Zhongwen frowned, 'She didn't do anything.'

The two girls looked shocked, 'This still counts as doing nothing?'

'She's stripped off your clothes!'

'This female thief! I knew she had no good intentions!'

"..." Silence, that was Ji Zhongwen at this moment.

If it weren't that the two nieces were really indignant and still wanted to go settle accounts with Shen Qingli, he would have no face to speak again.

Forcing himself to endure the discomfort, pretending to be at ease while tidying his clothes, Ji Zhongwen slowly said, 'If I hadn't allowed it, what could she have done?'

Ah, this,

……

Silence had become the state of the two Ji clan girls at this moment.

Although Ji Zhongwen found it hard to face his nieces' strange looks, he usually remained steady and gave nothing away.

Only when he went to look for a hairpin did he realize his things were all inside the hairpin, leaving him no choice……

He could only speak again: 'You guys, give me a hairpin.'

'Oh, oh okay,'

The two girls flusteredly searched a bit and finally produced a relatively neutral hairpin, which they handed to Ji Zhongwen.

Ji Zhongwen slightly employed a minor technique, barely restoring his dignified and composed appearance.

'Where are they?' Ji Zhongwen asked.

They got separated from us; this place is full of restrictions. They aren't like us two, who can still barely trace your aura, so I suppose they can't find this place.

'Good.' Ji Zhongwen nodded, then closed his eyes again, but this time not to suppress poison, rather to spread his sense to search for Shen Qingli's traces.

Although Shen Qingli had cleared it in time, when he opened his eyes again he still precisely chose the middle path she had selected, 'Follow me.'

"Yes." The two women had no objection.

They also didn't dare ask more about Shen Qingli's affairs.

Almost at the same time—

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden and her party, who clearly knew the Huaxu Tomb well, appeared inside a great hall.

Si Lingling looked around and asked, "He Qiu Xuan, is this the tomb's core area you mentioned?"

"According to our clan's records, yes." The Three Pure Mystic Maiden gazed at the remaining seven clansmen, one of whom was seriously injured, feeling utterly resentful.

Originally, their He Clan was the most numerous, and by rights they should have had an absolute advantage! But because of Shen Qingli's hunting, only this few remain! It's no longer enough to help her break this seal, so she can only have the Si Clan assist and bring them into the core area.

Thinking of this, she hated Shen Qingli even more, yet she had to tell Si Lingling, "As previously said, upon entering, each shall obtain what they need by their own ability."

"Sure, tell me how I can help." Si Lingling had already noticed that a hidden ancient formation lay before them; it likely required the Three Pure Mystic Maiden to summon it with a secret technique before it could be activated.

As for whether the Three Pure Mystic Maiden would deceive,

Si Lingling believed she definitely would!

But since we've come this far, we're definitely going to give it a shot.

Si Lingling silently transmitted a warning to two fellow clansmen, urging them to be extra careful!

"In a moment..." the Three Pure Mystic Maiden, speaking leisurely, also laid out the plan.

After cooperation and painstaking effort, they finally broke the seal, obtained a teleportation portal, and reached the core area directly!

For this, the He Clan lost two more! The Si Clan also had one seriously injured, clearly losing combat capability.

As for Shen Qingli, she directly entered the core area through the "familiar person" passage with ease.

However, her route was a bit "far"; by the time she arrived, the Three Pure Mystic Maiden and her group were already there.

"That blood-red pearl is the blood pearl of my Huaxu ancestor; it's useless to your Si Clan, so you might as well give it to me; afterward, any further treasures, no matter what, will go to you—how about that?" The Three Pure Mystic Maiden was negotiating with Si Lingling.

And in the middle of this ancient tomb chamber, atop a black ancient coffin, there truly lay a blood pearl! Inside the pearl, indeed emanated an aura that made Shen Qingli feel a sense of familiarity.

Combining what was learned from earlier interrogating the Three Pure Mystic Maiden, she obviously already knew there was a blood pearl here! Si Lingling was clearly being used by her; there's probably nothing else here.

This point, Shen Qingli could think of, and Si Lingling had clearly figured it out as well: "You're really scheming! Making me work for nothing, right?"

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden chuckled, "Thanks,"

Before the final "le" could even be pronounced, she could no longer laugh.

Because, the blood pearl had disappeared……

Even the invisible Shen Qingli didn't need to step forward; a thought alone sufficed—the blood pearl within her Primordial Spirit Realm's absorption range flew in.

Moreover, as soon as the blood pearl "disappeared," the black ancient coffin moved!

The coffin lid was flung up violently, and it came smashing down toward the Three Pure Mystic Maiden's head and face! Startled, she immediately retreated and countered with her blade.

However, the attack was not aimed at her, but at her other clansmen.

"No!"

"Hiss!"

"Bang!"

A miserable cry.

A spray of blood!

Even self-destruct explosions followed in succession.

The smell of blood instantly filled the entire tomb chamber.

Aside from the Three Pure Mystic Maiden, all the other He clan people died.

The killer, however, also appeared.

"It's not Shen Qingli!"

Si Lingling exclaimed in shock!

This was a young, sturdy man.

He was Shen Qinghuang.

Thinking his little sister had died, Shen Qinghuang went berserk.